Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

General discussion

W32.HLLW.Epon@mm

Dec 3, 2003 7:25AM PST

Discovered on: December 02, 2003
Last Updated on: December 03, 2003 01:19:55 PM

W32.HLLW.Epon@mm is a worm that attempts to spread through file-sharing networks and mIRC. It also uses Microsoft Outlook to send itself to all the contacts in the Outlook address book.

The email has the following characteristics:

Subject: Britney Spears poses nude in the Playboy!
Attachment: Britney Spears.jpg<many spaces>.exe

The worm is written in Microsoft Visual C++ and is packed with UPX.


Also Known As: I-Worm.Epon [Kaspersky]

Type: Worm

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.epon@mm.html

Discussion is locked